Working with Category Group Objects

Note: This topic applies to the Hearst Release.

A category group object is a collection of categories, made up of URLs, domains, phrases, lists of file types, security rules, or any combination of these. Guardian uses these groups in web filter policies to determine if a user should be allowed access to the content they have requested using their web browser.

Tenant — Optionally, select which tenants use this category group .Note that only those tenants selected can use this category group. Specifying the tenant enables your Smoothwall to apply network and web filtering permissions to users coming from different tenants with usernames which are the same.

To create a category group for all tenants, leave the Tenant drop-down as All. Note that an All Tenant category group can only be administered by the central administrator, but can be used in any tenant's policy.

Tenants are only available if you have the correct Smoothwall license type and they have been configured on the System > Administration > Tenants page.

Note: If you are using a Multi-Tenant configuration, you cannot change the tenant assigned to a category group, as that group may form part of a policy which is tenant-specific.

Note: The advanced view option is deprecated from Carisbrooke Release onwards. Existing category groups that made use of advanced features will maintain .their configuration, and can be edited. However, any advanced configuration will be converted to non-advanced settings when saved.